| Abstract | 第1-7页 |
| 摘要 | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter 1 Introduction | 第9-18页 |
| ·Edgar Allan Poe and The Murders in the Rue Morgue | 第9-11页 |
| ·Criticism at Home and Abroad | 第11-16页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第16-18页 |
| Chapter 2 Poe in the Context of Race and Slavery | 第18-30页 |
| ·Poe’s Sympathy for Slave-holding Tradition in the South | 第19-22页 |
| ·The Strategy of Average Racism | 第22-24页 |
| ·Racial Conflicts and Social Life of Antebellum Philadelphia | 第24-30页 |
| Chapter 3 The Murderer Orangutan as an Image of a Black Slave | 第30-40页 |
| ·The Biological Identification of the Blacks with Apes | 第33-36页 |
| ·The Sufferings of Orangutan as a Slave | 第36-40页 |
| Chapter 4 Potential Racism in Dupin and the Victims | 第40-45页 |
| ·Dupin’s Racist Tendency | 第40-42页 |
| ·The Victims’ Fear for Possible Interracial Sexual Assault | 第42-45页 |
| Chapter 5 Conclusion | 第45-48页 |
| Work Cited | 第48-50页 |
| Bibliography | 第50-53页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第53页 |
